Calf and ankle grip



P I w %E On M m .A F L A G Aug. 9; 1927.

Filed Sept. 13- 1926 Attorney effective in maintaining the bone in proper Patented Aug. 9, I

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF cE. i

CHARLES ALBERT row, or .ELIZAIBETHQNEW JERSEY.

CALIF ANDANKLE GRIP.

Application filed. September The present invention relates to a device for hospital use for broken legs Where a counter weight is necessary to put the bone in place.

It is designed to distribute the strain to all of the leg below the knee and to be more place. Another very important objectof the invention lies in the provision of a'device of this nature which is inexpensive to manufacture, and yet. will prove strong and durable in use and is thoroughly'reliable and embodying the features ofmy invention,

and a Fig. 2 is a. front elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of amodified form of the device, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of said modified form. i

. Referring tothe drawing detail, it will beseen that the numeral 5. denotes a puttee shaped casing formed ofwire mesh or of any other suitable material wherein the strands are suitably interwoven to form a casing which may receive the calf portion of the leg. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1' and 2, eyes 6' are provided for the purpose of receiving suitable lacing 7 In Figs. 3 and 4, however, I- how hooks 8 which are engaged by extensions 9 with; V

calf and ankle of a'person, the strands of one side edge of the puttee-shaped casing, The fact is, however, that any suitable fastening means may be provided for the edges of the body of the puttee-shaped casing.

I The strands of the material from which the casing. is formed are extended downwardly as is indicated at 10 and are bound bysuitable means as is indicatedat 11 for forming eyes 12 to be located below thehandle and to which the counter-weights will be attached. f j r This device isso constructed as 'to distribute the same to all parts of the leg below the knee. It may be laced so as to cover the knee if desired. It may be made in i all sizes to fit all legs-and can be madewith or without hooks. It maybe woven with the i y I In testimony whereof I, afiix my-signature. CHARLES A. POPE.

13, 1926. Serial m5. 135,155.

single or double strand wire or any other sultable material. In an actual device which I, have made, the same hasjbeen'constructed. i 1 'of' eighteen gauge half hard brass wire.

The device can be made of wire rope strand of any s1ze.-'

My idea in this invention 151:0 provide a calf and ankle grip that relieves the pain now suffered by patients who havetwo' iron flbars strapped to the legabove the knee or around the ankle which brings the strain all on two parts ofthe leg and tends to stop blood circulation which turns theleg black.-

Mydevice relieves all of this sufi'erance because it distributes these strains to all parts:

The eyes :12should be'located just below the sole of the foot. r s

- It is thought'that the construction, utility, and advantages of this invention'will now be clearly understood by those skilled in this.

art ,without a .more detailed description thereof; Therpresent embodiments-ofthe l invention'have been disclosed in. detail merely by wayof example, since in actual practice they attain the features of advantage. enumerated as desirable in the statement of the inventionand the above description.

I It will. be apparentthat changes inthe details of construction, and in the combina:

tion andarrangement of partsfmayfbe resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter j claimed, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described-my invention, what 1. A calf and anklev grip for surgical ex- 1 tension apparatus including a puttee-shaped,

I" claim as new is casing formed of mesh material to encase the r said mesh material being extended atone end adjacent the calf and grouped and bent to form relatively rigid eyes.

2. A calf and ankle gri casing formedof mesh material to encase the calf and ankle of a' person, the strands of said mesh material being extended from f the calf end of the casing and grouped and casing being longitudinally split and means at the edges of thesplit for drawing the a bent to form relatively rigid eyes, said mesh 1 05 casing tightly about the calf and ankle of;

person. 

